government to identify credible rebel officers like colonel oqaidi and report on their progress. >> these commanders, they vow to protect civilians, they vow to protect democracy, they vow to obey international laws. >> reporter: making vows is easy. >> yes. >> reporter: sticking to them is much harder. >> yes. >> reporter: how can you be sure that these men are going to stick to those vows? >> well, this is what you do. you provide and you check and you provide and you check and you provide and you check. and you make sure that they are standing for their values. >> pelley: clarissa, as you say in your story, the free syrian army is really not so much an army but a bunch of militias with different agendas. you've been reporting from syria from the very beginning. who are the rebels today? >> scott, think back to my first trip to damascus a year ago. people were talking about freedom, dignity, they were talking about democracy. nobody even mentioned religion. now you have rebel fighters who are actively calling this a jihad. and part of the reason for that is that this fight has been goin